A truth I do see in these methods is encouraging your children to become interested in something young, and if they are good at it they should be suggesting into continuing to explore this area. If a child is taught to read at a young age and you can convince them to read what they enjoy and therefore ultimately learn to like to read, there have been studies proving that a child who reads are more likely to expand their imaginations and vocabulary and essentially make that child more intelligent. This would be a build off of the classical music theory, that I was told in my districts gifted program does have a positive impact on its listeners.
In an "outside the box" sort of thinking, of a girl I know who really wanted to go out of state to the University of Delaware, did not receive acceptance as she had hoped. However, a male I know with worse credentials (lower GPA lower SAT and worse class rigor) was accepted because I assume they university needed more males. But maybe the University only needed more males because of the theory proposed in the article that because women are taking the place of men, boys do not go to college as much as girls because "why grow up?" The rewards for male whites are now increasingly going down, and I also know a man who graduated from art school with exceptional talent but because he didn't have the money to attend a better university or receive tutoring all his life he is still jobless two years out of college. An effect of what this article was saying with the new womens and minority rights laws.
Welcome to 32nd and Chestnut...
This is the blog for 75 or so Drexel students, most of whom are new to college and new to Drexel.
We'll document the strangeness of college life, try to translate our experience for diverse readers, and chronicle what it means to be a college student during these crazy days of economic turmoil and political battle.
That's it for now; I have to go an play Spore.
We'll document the strangeness of college life, try to translate our experience for diverse readers, and chronicle what it means to be a college student during these crazy days of economic turmoil and political battle.
That's it for now; I have to go an play Spore.
Monday, November 17, 2008
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